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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139738
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Fading and spotting to spine; some other marks also to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139719
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139689
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Biggles Story. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages. 6 b/w illustrations. Browning to spine and cover edges; some bumping. Gilt to spine has almost all worn away. Browning/foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss and marks.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 2139675
Published by Oxford University Press. 1940. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown/orange boards with dark brown titles and decorations. Colour frontis + 6 b/w plates. 1" thick, with 2 ** to half-title page. Reprint. Spine and edges are faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some page margins marks. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; damp stained to spine; a few small bits of loss; some grubby marks.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2138783
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Some chipping and cracking to laminate on spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning. A few marks.

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EAGLE ANNUAL No. 11 (1962)
Written by Clifford Makins.
Stock no. 2137956
Published by Longacre Press. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green spine. Red pictorial boards showing helicopter rescue. Thelwell endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 173 pages. Some fading and browning to spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and torn with minimal loss.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137306
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink, with white tippex fluid marks to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; edge-creasing with a few chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

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MARTIN RATTLER
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Stock no. 2137282
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Circa 1894. Very good condition.

A Boy's Adventures in the Forests of Brazil. New Edition. R.M.Ballantyne's Books For Boys series. Colour frontis and title-page. New binding - with leather spine and corners, marbled boards. 294 pages and booklist to rear. Browning, foxing and some marks to outer page edges. Foxing also to some page margins.

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ACCORDING TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 2137059
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Top edge red. Some knocks along cover edges. Small brown fade mark to top of spine. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-chips and small nicks.

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VERNON-SMITH AT LARGE
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136635
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 66. Collectors edition limited to 300 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 297-302, 1913. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002872. This is Copy No. 6. SIGNED by Publisher. Couple of corners are bumped. Wrapper is browned with some small nicks and chips; creasing. Slip case is generally very good - some marks and uneven browning.

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THE GREYFRIARS PICNIC
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2136631
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1982. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 46. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 61-70, 1909. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002368. This is Copy No. 352. SIGNED by Publisher. Original glassine wrapper has some creasing and small nicks; browned at spine. Slip case is very good.

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WILLIAM THE BAD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1321910
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 188 pages. Abridged edition. 20th impression. Covers bumped at edges. Foxspots to contents. Duswrapper is edge worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and slight loss to spine and corners.

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